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The following opinion was posted after IL deadline Tuesday:Paul M. McManus v. Ron Neal, superintendent, Indiana State Prison
12-2001
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division, Judge Tanya Walton Pratt.
Civil. McManus is not entitled to habeas relief on his claim of intellectual disability under Atkins. But the state courts unreasonably applied federal due process standards in adjudicating his competency to stand trial. Reverses denial of writ of habeas corpus and remands with instructions for the District Court to grant the writ unless Indiana gives notice of its intent to retry McManus within a reasonable time to be set by the District Court.

Wednesday’s opinions
Indiana Supreme CourtJeffrey A. Weisheit v. State of Indiana
10S00-1307-DP-492
Death penalty. Affirms two convictions of murder and one conviction of Class A felony arson resulting in serious bodily injury and sentence to death. There is sufficient evidence to support the convictions. The trial court did not err in excluding a prison administration expert’s testimony that Weisheit could be safely incarcerated in prison nor did it err in refusing to excuse 12 jurors for cause.